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Cabinet
Cabinet gives approval to the package for supporting Micro and Small Enterprises  – Augmentation of Corpus of Credit Guarantee Trust Fund for Micro and Small Enterprises 
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given ex-post facto approval to the package for supporting Micro and Small Enterprises  – Augmentation of the Corpus of Credit Guarantee Trust Fund for Micro and Small Enterprises .
The proposal entails the following:
 Augmentation of the corpus of the Trust from Rs. 2,500 crore to Rs. 7,500 crore, to be fully funded by the GoI;
 To increase coverage of the loans covered under the credit guarantee scheme from Rs. 1 crore to Rs. 2 crore;
 To increase coverage of the credit guarantee scheme for loans being extended to micro and small enterprises by NBFCs also. This would enable the Trust to enhance the quantum
The measures would result in the following benefits:
- Lowering the level of leverage;
- Improving sustainability of the Fund;
- Enable the Trust to enhance the quantum of credit guarantee to larger number of MSEs;
- Improving financial management; and
- Limit the unfunded contingent liabilities.
Augmentation of the corpus would facilitate larger flow of credit to MSEs. This in turn, would lead to increased output and employment and thereby promote equity and inclusiveness.
As the scheme provides credit without collateral and third-party guarantee, the start-ups would be encouraged to set up enterprises based on innovation and new ideas.
Every operation is online and therefore, the system ensures public accountability.
Prime Minister's Office
PM lauds new initiative of celebrating ‘Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana’ as ‘God Bharai' ceremony in Dausa, Rajasthan
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has lauded the new initiative of celebrating ‘Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana’ as ‘God Bharai' ceremony in Dausa, Rajasthan.
In a tweet thread, Member of Parliament from Dausa, Rajasthan, Smt Jaskaur Meena informed that in Dausa, Rajasthan they celebrate Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana scheme as 'God Bharai' ceremony where all the pregnant women come together and they give them 'Poshan Kit' for the health of their babies.
She also informed that about 3.5 lakh women have been benefited from this scheme in 2022-23 in Rajasthan alone.
Responding to the tweet thread by MP from Dausa, the Prime Minister tweeted;
“दौसा की यह अनूठी पहल प्रधानमंत्री मातृ वंदना योजना को नई ऊर्जा देने वाली है। इससे माताओं के साथ-साथ शिशुओं की स्वास्थ्य सुरक्षा भी सुनिश्चित हो रही है।”
Ministry of Defence
General Manoj Mukund Naravane, Chief of The Army Staff, visits Defence Services Staff College, Wellington
General Manoj Mukund Naravane, Chief of the Army Staff , visited DSSC, Wellington  from 05 to 06 April 2021. The COAS delivered a lecture on “Developments along the Western and Northern Borders and their Impact on the Future Road Map of the Indian Army” to the faculty & officers attending 76th Staff Course at the Defence Services Staff College , Wellington. He emphasised that the Nation is facing renewed challenges along its borders and exhorted the students on the need to remain abreast of all developments.
Lt Gen MJS Kahlon, Commandant DSSC, gave an update to the COAS on the ongoing training activities and incorporation of new initiatives with specific reference to Professional Military Training on Jointmanship amongst the three Services. The COAS was briefed on the changes being undertaken in training curriculum and infrastructural development as a step towards enhancing the role of DSSC as a Centre of Excellence for Professional Military Education. He complimented the College for maintaining a very high state of training inspite of COVID-19 pandemic constraints.
Cabinet
Cabinet approves extension of Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana  for another 6 months 
Move to benefit poor and vulnerable
Nearly Rs 3.4 lakh crore of financial outlay & more than 1,000 LMT of free foodgrains provided under PMGKAY
In keeping with the concern and sensitivity towards poor and vulnerable sections of society,the Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, has extended the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana  scheme for another six months i.e., till September 2022 .
The Phase-V of PM-GKAY scheme was to end in March 2022. It may be recalled that the PM-GKAY has been under implementation since April 2020, as the largest food security program in the world.
The Government has spent approximately Rs. 2.60 Lakh Crore so far and another Rs. 80,000 Crore will be spent over the next 6 months till September 2022 taking the total expenditure under PM-GKAY to nearly Rs. 3.40 Lakh Crore.
This will cover nearly 80 crore beneficiaries across India and like before would be fully funded by the Government of India.
Even though the COVID-19 pandemic has significantly abated and economic activities are gathering momentum, this PM-GKAY extension would ensure that no poor household goes to bed without food during this time of recovery.
Under the extended PM-GKAY each beneficiary will get additional 5 kg free ration per person per month in addition to his normal quota of foodgrains under the NFSA. This means that every poor household would get nearly double the normal quantity of ration.
It is worth highlighting that the Government had allocated about 759 LMT of free foodgrains under the PM-GKAY till Phase V. With another 244 LMT of free foodgrains under this extension , the aggregate allocation of free foodgrains under the PM-GKAY now stand at 1,003 LMT of foodgrains.
The benefit of free ration can be availed through portability by any migrant labour or beneficiary under One Nation One Ration Card  plan from nearly 5 lakh ration shops across the country. So far, over 61 Crore portability transactions have benefitted the beneficiaries away from their homes.
This has been made possible due to highest ever procurement despite the century’s worst pandemic with highest ever payment to farmers by the Government. For this record production in the agricultural fields Indian Farmers –‘Annadata’ deserves to be complimented.
Ministry of Textiles
A total of 1,77,825 Weavers and Artisans are registered on Government-e-Marketplace 
Total sales figure as recorded on GeM portal since July 2020 till date is Rs 118.30 crore by the registered Artisans and Weavers
A total of 1,77,825 artisans and weavers are registered on Government-e-Marketplace  to sell their products directly to various Government departments and organizations. The State/UT- wise details is annexed at Annexure-I. Total sales figure as recorded on GeM portal since July 2020 till date comes to Rs 118.30 crore by the registered artisans and weavers. 1,116 artisans & weavers have registered themselves on GeM portal. Total sales figure as recorded on GeM portal since July 2020 till date comes to Rs 19.43 crore by the registered artisans and weavers for Delhi.
Annexure -I
State/UT-wise number of artisans and weavers registered on GeM
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Sl.No.
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|
State/UT
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Count of Seller State
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|
No. of registered artisans and weavers
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|
-
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ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS
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|
37
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|
91
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|
-
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ANDHRA PRADESH
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|
79
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|
35624
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|
-
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|
ARUNACHAL PRADESH
|
|
80
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|
2290
|
|
-
|
|
ASSAM
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|
1142
|
|
4126
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|
-
|
|
BIHAR
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|
173
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|
2229
|
|
-
|
|
CHANDIGARH
|
|
546
|
|
-
|
|
-
|
|
CHHATTISGARH
|
|
299
|
|
2638
|
|
-
|
|
DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI
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|
8
|
|
-
|
|
-
|
|
DAMAN AND DIU
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|
3
|
|
-
|
|
-
|
|
DELHI
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|
3468
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|
1116
|
|
-
|
|
GOA
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|
19
|
|
59
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|
-
|
|
GUJARAT
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|
1501
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|
4316
|
|
-
|
|
HARYANA
|
|
703
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|
2558
|
|
-
|
|
HIMACHAL PRADESH
|
|
112
|
|
656
|
|
-
|
|
JAMMU AND KASHMIR
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|
1897
|
|
528
|
|
-
|
|
JHARKHAND
|
|
257
|
|
1718
|
|
-
|
|
KARNATAKA
|
|
286
|
|
10316
|
|
-
|
|
KERALA
|
|
37
|
|
8889
|
|
-
|
|
LADAKH
|
|
16
|
|
-
|
|
-
|
|
MADHYA PRADESH
|
|
807
|
|
6701
|
|
-
|
|
MAHARASHTRA
|
|
941
|
|
1574
|
|
-
|
|
MANIPUR
|
|
54
|
|
3450
|
|
-
|
|
MEGHALAYA
|
|
84
|
|
1079
|
|
-
|
|
MIZORAM
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|
1
|
|
530
|
|
-
|
|
NAGALAND
|
|
69
|
|
1280
|
|
-
|
|
ORISSA
|
|
237
|
|
4901
|
|
-
|
|
PUDUCHERRY
|
|
2
|
|
-
|
|
-
|
|
PUNJAB
|
|
2494
|
|
1259
|
|
-
|
|
RAJASTHAN
|
|
1432
|
|
1875
|
|
-
|
|
SIKKIM
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|
19
|
|
28
|
|
-
|
|
TAMIL NADU
|
|
166
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|
18010
|
|
-
|
|
TELANGANA
|
|
229
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|
22717
|
|
-
|
|
TRIPURA
|
|
57
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|
4094
|
|
-
|
|
UTTAR PRADESH
|
|
3335
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|
11705
|
|
-
|
|
UTTARAKHAND
|
|
375
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|
3791
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|
36.
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WEST BENGAL
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|
1639
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9666
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|
37.
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OTHERS
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|
276
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|
8011
|
|
|
|
Total
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22880
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177825
This information was given by the Minister of State for Textiles Smt. Darshana Jardosh in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.
Ministry of Defence
Vice Admiral Gurtej Singh Pabby PVSM AVSM Vsm, Indian Navy Awarded Distinguished Alumunus Award by Iit Mumbai
Vice Admiral Gurtej Singh Pabby, PVSM AVSM VSM, Chief of Material, Indian Navy, was awarded the Distinguished Alumni Award by IIT Mumbai on 08 Mar 19 for his all round and stellar contribution towards Advancement of Technology and leveraging Industry - Academia collaborations. He is presently appointed as the Chief of Materiel in the Naval Headquarters at New Delhi.
Vice Admiral Gurtej Singh Pabby had graduated from NIT Kurukshetra in 1980 and subsequently did his Post Graduation in System and Control Engineering from IIT Mumbai.
Vice Admiral Gurtej Singh Pabby had given immense impetus towards development and induction of latest naval technology like Air Independent Propulsion, PLC Based Automation and Controls and Indigenisation of Gas Turbines. He has been at the forefront of Navy’s green initiatives such as MARPOL Compliance, Diesel Exhaust Emission Control and use of Bio Fuels. He has also interacted extensively with professional bodies / institutes / academia and the Indian Industry to encourage their participation particularly the IITs and MSMEs, in construction of equipment for ships and submarines for the Indian Navy and undertaking R&D / Indigenisation projects.
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Prime Minister's Office
PM greets people on Kharchi Pooja
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, has greeted everyone, especially the people of Tripura on the start of the auspicious Kharchi Pooja.
“Greetings to everyone, especially the people of Tripura on the start of the auspicious Kharchi Pooja. May Chaturdash Devata bless everyone with happiness, good health and prosperity”, the Prime Minister said.
Ministry of Home Affairs
Air courier services for Central Armed Police Force personnel have not been suspended
The Air courier services for Central Armed Police Force personnel have not been suspended. The services are running since July, 2010. The privatization of Air India resulted in a slight
delay in the finalization of tenders by the Border Security Force. The Ministry of Home Affairs  has already granted approval for continuation of services by Air India. The tender has also been finalized and orders are under issue.
The amount due on account of air travel would also be paid as per rules.
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Ministry of Railways
60 STUDENTS FROM VARIOUS SCHOOLS FELICITATED BY ECoR
ECoR organised different competitions amongst school children to mark Vigilance Awareness Week.
Involving School Children in Vigilance Awareness week is to aware general public and also to bring out transparency, which would ultimately help in serving in a fair and effective manner.
Students from various Schools of Bhubaneswar and Cuttack have been felicitated by East Coast Railway, today; in an Award giving function, held at it’s headquarters, Bhubaneswar. Certificates and Prizes have been given to the students for their outstanding performance in On-The-Spot Essay, Debate & Painting Competitions to mark Vigilance Awareness Week-2022.
To mark Vigilance Awareness Week-2022, East Coast Railway organized these competitions to aware the general public, especially Railway employees and Rail Users and also to bring out transparency which would ultimately help in serving in a fair and effective manner.
Gracing the occasion, ECoR Principal Chief Mechanical Engineer and In Charge of Addl General Manager, Shri R. Raja Gopal distributed prizes to the School Students for their outstanding performance in different competitions to mark Vigilance Awareness Week. Altogether 60 students from different Schools and wards of Railway Employees were received prizes.
A Street Play  was also performed by the Railway employees of Waltair Division on Corruption and their effect in day to day life, to mark the occasion.
Vigilance Bulletin has also been released by Addl General Manager  to mark this occasion. Principal Heads of Departments of ECoR, Senior Officials, Railway Employees, School Children and their parents & Teachers were attended the Award giving ceremony. Shri Sanjay Kumar Mohapatra, Chief Vigilance Officer and Senior Dy. General Manager of East Coast Railway coordinated the function.
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Ministry of Corporate Affairs
Rs 21,231 crore spent by 21,349 companies on CSR funds in 2019-20
Corporate houses spend a huge sum on Corporate Social Responsibility  for the welfare of workers and local people in the country. This was stated by Minister of State for the Ministry of Corporate Affairs Shri Rao Inderjit Singh in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today.
Giving more details, the Minister said that the Ministry of Corporate Affairs  vide General Circular no.10/2020 dated 23.03.2020 clarified that CSR funds may be spent by the companies for various activities related to COVID-19 under item nos.  and  of Schedule VII of the Companies Act, 2013  which relates to promotion of health care, including preventive health care and sanitation, and disaster management. Further, Ministry vide General Circular no.05/2021 dated 22.04.2021 and General Circular no.09/2021 dated 05.05.2021 clarified that spending of CSR funds by the companies for setting up makeshift hospitals and temporary COVID care facilities and ‘creating health infrastructure for COVID care’, ‘establishment of medical oxygen generation and storage plants’ ‘manufacturing and supply of Oxygen concentrators, ventilators, cylinders and other medical equipment for countering COVID-19 respectively, are eligible CSR activities.
All data related to CSR filed by companies in the MCA21 registry is available in public domain at www.csr.gov.in, the Minister said. On the basis of filings made by the companies in MCA21 registry, the Minister tabled CSR amount spent by various companies in the financial years 2017-18, 2018-19 and 2019-20 respectively given below:
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Financial Year
2017-18
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Financial Year
2018-19
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Financial Year
2019-20
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No. of Companies
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21,455
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24,965
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21,349
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CSR expenditure

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13,909
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18,728
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21,231
 [Source: National CSR Data Portal]
The Minister stated that Section 135 of the Companies Act, 2013  mandates every company having net worth of Rs. 500 crore or more, or turnover of Rs. 1000 crore or more, or net profit of Rs. 5 crore or more during the immediately preceding financial year to undertake Corporate Social Responsibility  activities. CSR is a Board driven process and the Board of the company is empowered to plan, decide, execute and monitor the CSR activities of the company based on the recommendation of its CSR Committee.
As per the Act, financial statements and board report containing disclosure about CSR, for the ongoing financial year 2021-22, are required to be filed only after the end of financial year, the Minister stated.
Ministry of Culture
Smt. Meenakashi Lekhi inaugurates weeklong exhibition ‘Bharatmata Ewam Bharat Ke Nayak’ at Lalit Kala Akademi
Under the flagship initiative of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, Union Minister of State for Culture Smt. Meenakashi Lekhi inaugurated a weeklong exhibition on November 18, 2021 at the Lalit Kala Akademi . Lalit Kala Akademi has organized ‘Bharatmata Ewam Bharat Ke Nayak’ exhibition in collaboration with the Kamal Art Gallery. The exhibition depicts portraits by eminent artist Sh. Pawan Verma “Shaheen”.
The exhibition was inaugurated in the presence of Dr. Uttam Pacharne, Protem Chairman, Lalit Kala Akademi and Shri Kamal Chib, Founder and MD, Kamal Art Gallery.
The exhibition showcases portraits of stalwarts like Rabindranath Tagore, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, APJ Abdul Kalam and Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi.
The exhibition is open for public from 18th -24th November 2021 from 11am- 7pm.
Ministry of Defence
Chiefs of Air Staff  Conclave at Bengaluru to Promote Defence Cooperation
The Indian Air Force will host a Chiefs of Air Staff  Conclave on 3rd and 4th Feb 21 at Air Force Station Yelahanka.
The Conclave will be a unique one where Chiefs of Air Staff from various countries would brainstorm and synergize their thoughts on current issues related to aero space power strategy and technological developments.
In view of the COVID 19 situation, the Conclave has been planned in a Hybrid form with extensive use of digital media. The Conclave will be inaugurated by Hon'ble Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh on 03 February 21 at Air Force Station Yelahanka. It is expected to be attended by about 75 countries.
With the growing need for Nations to join hands in maintaining peace and harmony world over, the Air Chiefs Conclave will provide the much needed platform to discuss issues related to military aviation, space operations and aerospace strategy apart from giving them opportunities to learn about each others' best practices.
The Conclave will also be a perfect example of India's Defence Cooperation with other countries working as a diplomatic instrument, giving an opportunity for building bridges of friendship, mutual trust and capacities on a global basis. Promoting transparency in defence cooperation and building areas of common interests in military aviation will be focus areas of the CAS Conclave.
Ministry of Defence
Press Release Opening Ceremony India-Bangladesh Joint Military Exercise SAMPRITI-IX
The Ninth edition of Indo-Bangladesh Joint Military Exercise “SAMPRITI-IX” commenced at Umroi, Meghalaya on 03 Feb 2020. The main focus of this edition of the fourteen days joint exercise is on Counter Terrorism Operations in mountainous and jungle terrain. To achieve interoperability in joint operations, a Command Post Exercise  and a Field Training Exercise  will be conducted simultaneously. A delegation comprising of 31 officers and 138 other ranks of Bangladesh Army and a Company Group of Indian Army will participate in the joint military exercise.
The Bangladesh Army contingent is led by Brigadier General Md Shafiul Azam. Both armies would familiarise each other in various tactical drills and procedures. Soldiers from both the armies will then graduate to joint tactical operations like Cordon and Search, Raid and House Clearance Drills.
“SAMPRITI-IX” started on 03 Feb 2020 with gala opening ceremony which included an impressive parade by both the army contingents and mesmerising band display. The parade was jointly reviewed by Brig Rajesh Sharma, Head of Indian Army Delegation and Brig Gen Md Shafiul Azam, Head of Bangladesh Army Delegation. The joint exercise will culminate on 16 Feb 2020 after a validation exercise.
SAMPRITI series of bilateral exercise is one of the major bilateral defence cooperation initiatives between India and Bangladesh Army.
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Ministry of Development of North-East Region
Construction of wayside amenities as part of Prime Minister Swachh Bharat Abhiyan under NERCORMP
North Eastern Region Community Resource Management Society  is a registered society under the aegis of North Eastern Council  and Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region , Govt. of India.
NERCMS has taken the work of construction of wayside amenities as part of Prime Minister Swachh Bharat Abhiyan on approved tourist circuit falling under NERCORMP project area in Dima Hasao in Assam, West Khasi Hills, South West Khasi Hills, North Garo Hills, West Garo Hills and South West Garo Hills District of Meghalaya, Churachandpur in Manipur and Tirap in Arunachal Pradesh at an estimate cost of Rs.12.20 Croes.
The objective of the project is to maintain cleanliness and effective sanitation in the rural areas and to promote tourism and generate direct and indirect employment opportunities in the rural areas of Hasao in Assam, South West Khasi Hills, West Khasi Hills, North Garo Hills, West Garo Hills and South Garo Hills Districts in Meghalaya, Churachandpur in Manipur and Tirapin Arunachal Pradesh.
Total 30 units of wayside amenities  has been constructed covering 4 States and 8 Districts. One of the major problem and challenges in the development sector is the maintaining health and hygiene of the people living both in rural and urban areas.
Dima Hasao in Assam, West Khasi Hills, South West Khasi Hills, North Garo Hills, West Garo Hills and South Garo Hills Districts in Meghalaya, Churachandpur in Manipur and Tirapin Arunachal Pradesh has many beautiful tourist locations which have been identified as approved tourist circuit but due to lack of sideway amenities the districts is failed to attract the tourism industries in Dima Hasao in Assam, West Khasi Hills, South West Khasi Hills, North Garo Hills, West Garo Hills and South Garo Hills Districts in Meghalaya Churachandpur in Manipur and Tirapin Arunachal Pradesh.
Keeping the importance of proper sanitation and direct and indirect employment opportunities though tourism, the sideway amenities has been constructed under this project. The project has been designed in a manner that people get good place to take a break, rest, eat and spend some time during a long journey and also to promote the tourism sector and create direct and indirect employment opportunities. Wayside amenities are very important for local people, passengers, tourists, trucker and especially women folks while travelling.
Special Service and Features
Union Health Minister inaugurates bicycle rally
Union Health Minister Dr. Mansuk Mandaviya is on a two-day visit to Tamilnadu and Pondicherry. On the second day today, he is scheduled to attend various events.
As a part of this, today morning, he flagged off a cycle rally organised by the National Health Mission emphasising 'Healthy India, Fit India'.
Mansuk Mandaviya also led the cycle rally which proceeded from Chepauk Government Guest House via Beach Road, Swami Sivananda Road to the Munro Statue and from there back to the Guest House.
Tamilnadu Health Secretary Dr. Senthilkumar, Omandhurara Medical College Dean Dr Jayanthi several central and state health officials, doctors and medical students took part in the rally.
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